Trends in the treatment of hypertension from the perspective of traditional chinese medicine

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Xiong, Xingjiang ^a   Yang, Xiaochen ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Chu, Fuyong ^b   Wang, Pengqian ^c   Wang, Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b Beijing Institute of Chinese Medicine   (China)

^c Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Mentougou District   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATRACTYLODES MACROCEPHALA EXTRACT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; CHRYSANTHEMUM EXTRACT; COPTIS CHINENSIS EXTRACT; EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES EXTRACT; GASTRODIA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG EXTRACT; OPHIOPOGON ROOT; PINELLIA EXTRACT; REHMANNIA EXTRACT; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT;

ABALONE; ACHYRANTHES; ALISMA; ANKLE EDEMA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASSIA; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CONSTIPATION; COPTIS CHINENSIS; CORK TREE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; FALLOPIA MULTIFLORA; GASTRODIA; GASTRODIA ELATA; GLYCYRRHIZA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INOTROPISM; LEONURUS; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG; NONHUMAN; PINELLIA; POLYPORUS; POLYPORUS UMBELLATUS; POLYURIA; PORIA COCOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHMANNIA; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; UNCARIA; VERTIGO;

EID: 84880140890     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/275279     Document Type: Article

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